ANT204H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Rotten Tomatoes, Hippie, Human Body
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Who has to prove it: many have to prove their humanity. Been referred to as great , powerful , breathtaking , it has a chimp in it! . Columbia university professor herbert terrace: requested stephanie lafarge take nim to raise him as her child alongside her own human children to see if language would develop as a product of that environment. Eat, me, nim, hug, were among his first words: constantly rebellious towards weir, touching things or messing with things he knew that weird liked a certain way. Saw herb as next adult male challenge: stephanie let nim roam free, do what he wanted, didn"t discipline him especially in terms of his challenging the male figures surrounding him. Hippie mentality , pretty much raised her children and nim like elayne: laura pettito steps in, as babysitter, teacher and mediator; shocked at the chaos surrounding nim and stephanie"s household.
